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description: Slice territories into the boundaries of your choice in Territory Planning. For example, add boundaries that help you work within specific counties, census tracts, or postal codes.
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# Overlay Geographical Boundaries on the Map

Slice territories into the boundaries of your choice in Territory Planning. For example, add boundaries that help you work within specific counties, census tracts, or postal codes.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.territory_planning_api_access.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Web Services API enabled</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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              <p>Sales Planning Ops Analyst permission set</p>
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1. Open an alignment and set the focus.
2. From the Layers tab, click **Add Overlay**, then select **Boundary**. Click **Next**.
    
    ![Boundary option from the Layers tab](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/sales_performance_management/images/salesforce_maps_territory_planning_boundary_overlay_define_1.png)
3. Select the country that corresponds with the focus area, then select a type of boundary that you want to overlay on the map. For example, define your overlay to show county lines.
    
    ![Boundary overlay defined to show county lines on a United States map](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/sales_performance_management/images/salesforce_maps_territory_planning_boundary_overlay_define_2.png)
4. Select a border color, then click **Add**.
    
    ![Boundaries that appear on the map](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_performance_management-264-0-0-production-enus/b1f2feb4-26b8-444f-97f7-be2349869d93/sales_performance_management/images/salesforce_maps_territory_planning_boundary_overlay.png)
    
    The boundary overlay appears on the map. Settings let you adjust opacity, as well as delete, edit, and hide the overlay.